Centre for Northern Studies
Over 400 researchers studying northern terrestrial environments
45th Annual Conference of the CEN 2025
Join us at the 45th CEN Annual Conference on 13 and 14 February 2025 at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières. Save the dates!
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InfoCEN- September 2024
In the September 2024 Info-CEN: Normand Voyer's presentation, stories from the field and the 2024 photo contest, opportunities for our members, and great Northern research in the spotlight to discover!
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Photo Contest 2024- The CEN through the seasons
The 2024 edition of the CEN photo competition aims to show CEN at its best in all seasons. This year's photo competition will be used to create an official CEN 2025 calendar!
More detailsThe CEN is a research centre based at Université Laval, managing an extensive network of infrastructures stretching from the boreal to the Canadian High Arctic. Thanks to the Fonds québécois de recherche Nature et Technologies (FRQNT), CEN is a strategic inter-university and multidisciplinary group working in partnership with northern communities and public and private organizations to promote sustainable development in the North.
CEN manages three unique infrastructure networks in the circumpolar world
Qaujisarvik ('place of study' in Inuktitut) is a network of research stations managed by the CEN. With this network, CEN fulfills its mission to provide unparalleled access to the North for the scientific and educational communities.
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SILA ('climate' in Inuktitut) is a network of 110 permanent observatories for climate and environmental change in the North, operated by CEN. The network extends over 3500 km, between Quebec City and Ward Hunt Island, Nunavut.
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Due to the increasing amount of data generated by CEN's work, and the growing demand for access to it, CEN has created the Nordicana D collection, an open-access platform for Nordic climate and environmental data.
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